Aesop BBC的伊索寓言40故事29 the_goatherd_and_the_wild_goats.pdf简介：
29. THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATSBy Jan PayneWild goats live in wild, rocky places where it is hot during the day and cold during the night. They eat dry leaves and thistles and bits of twig. Sometimes they go hungry.Sherpa, the leader of the wild goats was a magnificent creature. He had a noble head, a long beard and two extraordinary horns. The horns were so unusual they curled upwards and then downwards and ended up pointing in different directions from each other.Sherpa wasnt only magnificent, he was also wise.Ive had a brilliant idea, he said to the rest of the herd one day. He pointed to some other goats, in a field further down the valley, eat-ing a big pile of fragrant hay.They are tame goats, said Sherpa, and they are looked after by a man called a Goatherd. They have plenty to eat and a warm place to sleep. Not like us! We are often hungry and cold.The wild goats stopped clambering over rocks to listen.My idea, Sherpa went on, is to hop over the fence and join them. Then we would be looked after too! The other goats liked the sound of this. So, later that day, when the goat-herd was changing his socks, the �wild goats hopped into the field with the tame goats and pretended they had been there all the time. That night it started to snow.The goatherd rounded up his goats and counted them.Thats funny, he said. There are twice as many now, than there were before.He was pleased. More goats meant more milk and cheese to sell in the market.The goatherd looked after his new goats well.1He gave them the best food and the warmest beds.He brushed their coats and pol-ished their hooves and combed their beards.He spoiled them. If they are happy theyll stay with me, he said to himself.But the goatherd didnt look after his own goats.He turned them out in the snow and gave them less to eat.He no longer brushed and polished and combed them.He treated them unfairly. But, the wild goats couldnt believe their luck.This is the 展开>>

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